Airbnb bans making guests do dishes and take out the trash

<figure> <img alt="An image showing the Airbnb logo" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Alex Castro / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/acastro_STK090_06.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Checking out of your next Airbnb might be less of a hassle now that the company is banning hosts from <a href="https://www.airbnb.ca/resources/hosting-homes/a/important-changes-to-house-rules-21?locale=en">including time-consuming chores</a> in their house rules. Airbnb's <a href="https://www.airbnb.ca/help/article/4168">updated house rules policy</a>, which starts with reservations booked on or after November 20th, says hosts can't ask guests to "complete tasks that require significant effort or time, or would typically be performed by a cleaner." According to Airbnb, that includes:</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><strong>Dishes:</strong> Guests shouldn't be asked to wash and put away dishes, but you can ask them to put used dishes in the sink.</li> <li><strong>Laundry:</strong> Guests shouldn't be asked to remove sheets from the bed or start a load of laundry, but yo …</li></ul> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1015844/airbnb-chores-house-rules-update">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>